Ambient pH sensing in filamentous fungi: Pitfalls in elucidating regulatory hierarchical signaling networks

IUBMB Life

Volumn 65, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 930-935

  Rossi, Antonio ^a   Cruz, Aline H S ^a   Santos, Rodrigo S ^a   Silva, Patrícia M ^a   Silva, Emiliana M ^a   Mendes, Niege S ^a   Martinez Rossi, Nilce M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

acid phosphatase; alkaline phosphatase; PacC activation; pacC gene; pal genes; pH regulation; phosphate sensing; Pi repressible phosphatases

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PACC PROTEIN, ASPERGILLUS; PHOSPHATASE; PHOSPHATE;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FUNGUS; GENE MUTATION; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PH; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL MODEL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EMERICELLA NIDULANS; FUNGI;

ASPERGILLUS NIDULANS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHOSPHATES; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84888427577     PISSN: 15216543     EISSN: 15216551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/iub.1217     Document Type: Article

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